Europe has an Islamophobia problem. Who’s going to stop it? →
“In sheer urgency, and while I continue to hold the privileged platform of being an MEP, I turn to Europe’s leaders and citizens, not only as a migrant elected representative, but as a Muslim, to deliver both a desperate plea and a heartfelt, rallying cry:
Let us recognise the presence of rampant Islamophobia in our society as fact before it is too late; before the lessons history has left at humanity’s door wither entirely due to our continued denial and failure to act. And following this acceptance, let us comprehensively and committedly collaborate in ridding our communities of this horrific, racist scourge.
There isn’t a single country in Europe where Islamophobic attacks are not on the rise. France saw a 52% increase from 2017 to 2018; in Austria it was 74%. And in the same year, seven pig’s heads were left threateningly around Dutch mosques…”